Reply #183: "Defense mode" is often an excuse for a boxing match.

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And often the people Clarkies--AND OTHERS-- end up beating up on are often either not opposed to Clark or the ones who *started* the criticism.

Every point of criticism is called "attack." Every difference of opinion is considered "insult." It's ridiculous.

Just wait for one Deaniac or Edwardian to enter the fray, and away we go, eh? Thank God AP hasn't joined in.

Sometimes freepers come in here and start these flame wars, and without thinking, people start bashing each other--it's no longer about candidates of principles at all, but about bashing people on an internet board. It becomes a kind of twisted sport.

Nobody's dredging up old interviews about other candidates, but they sure are flinging the insults and the old talking points from the primaries.

It's not debate. It's garbage.